EMU recognizes excellence of employees, students

Eastern Michigan University recognized excellence throughout campus last week, honoring its faculty, staff and students during the University's annual "Salute to Excellence Week."

FORTY YEARS: Mildred Williams, a cook in Dining Services, receives congratulations from EMU President Susan Martin during the "Decades of Dedication" Employee Recognition Breakfast. Williams was recognized for 40 years of service to EMU.

The awards ceremonies, which ran from March 23-27, included the Graduate Research Fair Awards; the Human Resources' Employee Recognition Awards (for years of service to EMU); Student Gold Medallion Awards; the Celebration of Faculty Excellence Awards, which included the Ronald W. Collins Distinguished Faculty Awards; the College of Education Salute to Excellence and the Undergraduate Symposium.

"Teaching is valued here. Also scholarship," said EMU President Susan Martin, at the 32nd Annual Celebration Faculty Excellence Award March 26. "I'm very pleased with and proud of you. You should be very proud of yourselves ..."

Six Distinguished Faculty Awards -- the University's most prestigious for faculty and renamed eight years ago to honor the late, former provost Ron Collins -- were handed out at the Celebration of Faculty Excellence event March 25.

Brigid Beaubien, assistant professor of teacher education, took home the Teaching I honor and Barry Pyle, associate professor of political science, won the Teaching II Award. Sheila Sasser, assistant professor of marketing, garnered the Research I Award while David Kass, a professor of biology, grabbed the Research II Award. Linda Adler-Kassner, professor of English language and literature, won the Service to the University Award. Christine Hume, associate professor of English language and literature, received the Scholarly/Creative Activity Award.

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